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Talk:Kumkum Roy

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Renuka Joshi


Kumkum Roy retired as professor of ancient history at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University as of June 2023[1]. According to her university profile, her area of research interest revolves around history.

In 2021, she along with Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, co-signed a letter supporting "Dismantling Global Hindutva" Conference, as an academic and scholar and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women in these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."[2]

Publications related to India[edit]

  1. Jha, Pankaj, and Kumkum Roy. “Whose History Is It Anyway?” Economic and Political Weekly, 2021
    Kumkum Roy's critique of the PPRC report on history textbooks ignores the report's concerns about historical inaccuracies and biases in NCERT textbooks. Instead, she defends the existing NCERT texts. Roy focuses on the PPRC's political affiliations rather than the substantive issues the report raises about enhancing the quality and objectivity of history education in India. She presents vague arguments, doesn't provide any meaningful citations undercutting her argument for academic rigor.
  2. Roy, Kumkum. "Historical Dictionary of Antient India." The R & L Publishing Group, 2008.
  3. Roy, kumkum. "The uses and teaching of history." The Routledge Handbook of Education in India, 2021
  4. Roy, Kumkum. "Handmaidens of History? Exploring English, Hindi and Sanskrit Textbooks for Schools." Sage Publications, 2017.
  5. Roy, Kumkum. “Political Institutions and the Panchatantra.” RC Majumdar Memorial lecture, 2022.
  6. Roy, Kumkum. "The Vedas, Hinduism, Hindutva." Leftword, 2005.
  7. Roy, Kumkum. “Contextualising Caste: Co-Option, Circumvention and Contestation as Exemplified in the Jātakas.” Sage Publications, 2014,https://doi.org/10.1177/2348448914537335
  8. Roy, Kumkum. “Decoding ‘New Education Policy.’” Economic and Political Weekly, 2015.
  9. Roy, Kumkum. “Revisiting Early Indian Political Thought.” Volume 3: Indian Political Thought, 2023.
  10. Roy, Kumkum. “Cleansing the Past, Creating the Future? Do (History) Books Matter?” The India Forum, 2023.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Kumkum Roy profile, accessed June 8, 2023
  2. ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022
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